Georgiou, the 20-year-old who shot to prominence with two gold medals at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, and reigning world champion Srbić registered the same score of 14.067.

The Cypriot, winner of the parallel bar and floor titles at the Games in the Australian city, was given first place by virtue of a higher execution score.

Srbić seemingly left something in reserve for the final, which he will start as favourite.

The 21-year-old became the first Croatian to be crowned an artistic gymnastics world champion when he claimed the high bar title at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal.

Georgiou and Srbić were among the eight gymnasts to secure a place in the final.

Kirill Prokopev of Russia was the star performer on the floor as his routine yielded a score of 15.200.

Lithuania's Tomas Kuzmickas qualified in second having scored 14.600 and Israel's Artem Dolgopyat was third on 14.533.

Uzbekistan veteran Oksana Chusovitina, a world champion in 1991 and Olympic team gold medallist a year later in Barcelona, rolled back the years with another vintage vault display.

The 42-year-old was the top qualifier after her two attempts averaged out at 14.184 points.

Victoria Trykina was second having scored 14.067, while Tjasa Kysselef of Slovenia's efforts yielded an average of 13.717.

In the women's floor event, Diana Varinska of the Ukraine finished top of the standings on 13.167 points.

Barbara Mokosova of Slovakia was second on 12.567, while Anamaria Ocolisan of Romania ended the qualifying competition in third on the same total.